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Jay Idzes receive his Indonesian citizenship certificate from the Head of Kanwil East Jakarta Kemkumham -  

Voinews, Jakarta - Jay Idzes, an Italian Serie B soccer player of Indonesian descent from the Netherlands who plays in Venice, has officially become an Indonesian citizen and is ready to defend the Indonesian National Team. Met after taking the oath as an Indonesian citizen, Thursday (28/12/23) at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Jakarta, Jay hopes that he can join the Indonesian national team and make Indonesia proud in international football.

"For me just personally I just want to play as soon as possible and join the team and we have to see what will do but I’m just really happy that I’m here. From right now I’m just avalaible for the coach and  it’s his decision what he want to do and I’m just avalaible and open to everything", Jay said. 

On the same occasion, Member of the PSSI Executive Committee (Exco), Endri Erawan, said that even though he was an Indonesian citizen, Jay was still unable to defend Indonesia in the Asian Cup.

"This is the umpteenth time we have naturalized it and this is thanks to the hard work in this matter, the general chairman and Exco colleagues at the request of Shin Tae Yong. Finally, Jay Idzes can be sworn in. After this, we will arrange for passports, but it's a shame that Jay still can't take part in the Asian Cup", Endri said. 

Endri added that PSSI will then process the Indonesian identity card and passport and apply for the transfer of the federation from KNVB to PSSI as the final process. If FIFA accepts the federation's transfer, Jay will be able to defend the Indonesian National Team against Vietnam in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in March 2024//VOI-NK